Harvesting rice and cutting grass to help farmers in the locked-down area in Nghe An
(Baonghean.vn) - The Covid-19 epidemic is developing complicatedly, many localities in the province have to implement medical isolation according to regulations to prevent the epidemic. Many practical activities to support farmers in epidemic areas have been deployed.
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| Nearly 1.5 hectares of summer-autumn rice - the crop of 19 households in the blockaded area - were harvested by the Farmers' Association and the Military Committee of Nghi Trung commune (Nghi Loc). Photo: Thanh Phuc |
On October 21, after the appearance of positive cases of Covid-19 in the community, the Provincial People's Committee decided to quarantine the residential area of Hamlet 3, Nghi Trung Commune (Nghi Loc), including 140 households, of which 90% are agricultural producers. It is the timesummer-autumn rice harvest - seasonSo when the lockdown happened, many households were very worried because they had not had time to harvest rice.
Mr. Pham Hien - Chairman of Nghi Trung Commune Farmers' Association said: "When the lockdown was implemented, 19 households had not yet harvested the rice crop. The rice was ripe and it rained continuously, so people were very worried. To help households feel secure during the quarantine, the Association coordinated with mass organizations and the Commune Military Command to help people harvest rice."
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| After harvest, rice is transported to people's homes. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Accordingly, nearly 1.5 hectares of seasonal rice from households have been harvested and transported to the households' yards. This time, African swine fever also broke out in the locked-down hamlet, so the Association actively supported the government and people in destroying pigs and disinfecting households with sick pigs. In addition, the Association also went to the market to help people, connecting to consume agricultural products...
Previously, in order to share the difficulties with Minh Quang hamlet (Minh Hop commune, Quy Hop district) when implementing medical isolation to prevent the epidemic, the Farmers' Association of Minh Hop commune mobilized people of 18 hamlets.support animal feed: elephant grass, corn, banana trees to ensure green food source for 116 buffaloes, cows, and nearly 100 goats of households in the hamlet.
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| During the quarantine period, 56 households in Minh Quang hamlet (Minh Hop commune, Quy Hop) received tons of green feed for livestock donated by the Farmers' Association. Photo: CSCC |
During the quarantine period, the people of Minh Quang hamlet received tons of green food from the people in the commune; the Farmers' Association received grass, banana trees, corn and distributed them to the quarantined households.
In Hung Loc commune (Vinh city), the epidemic is complicated when positive cases appear continuously in the community, currently many residential areas in the commune are forced to be quarantined.
To promptly support and encourage people in the blockaded area as well as the frontline forces in epidemic prevention, the Commune Farmers' Association mobilized members to support food for ""Anti-epidemic kitchen"; go to the market for people...
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| Members of the Farmers' Association of Hung Loc commune (Vinh city) donated food to the local "Covid-19 epidemic prevention kitchen". Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Those practical and meaningful activities have encouraged people in quarantine areas to confidently carry out epidemic prevention work well, while ensuring production and business goals./.
